by Graham J Noble | Mar 4, 2019 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Environmental, Politics, The Left
Although everyone is talking about the Green New Deal, the discussion has been one of only broad strokes and vague proposals. Despite this, the agenda promises such a vast transformation of society and government that it cries out for a serious examination of how the...
by Joe Schaeffer | Dec 2, 2018 | Articles, Economic Affairs News, Intelligence, Military Affairs, Politics, Taxes
“We failed the audit, but we never expected to pass it,” Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said following the first-ever audit of the Pentagon. If any corporate executive had uttered such words, he’d be preparing his legal defense, pronto. But because...
by Andrew Moran | Jun 16, 2018 | Military Affairs
An obscure piece of law for 40-plus years, nowadays the defense budget is watched as a major legislative event. Advocates of a non-interventionist foreign policy and defenders of liberty now wait every year to see what else the military-industrial complex and big...
by Teresa J. Read, CPA | May 14, 2018 | Narrated News, Politics
California Governor Jerry Brown released a revised budget Friday and kicked off a month of negotiations to pass a final version. The Assembly and Senate have until June 15 to deliver a budget acceptable under the state constitution. If for any reason they are...
by Sarah Cowgill | Feb 14, 2018 | Immigration
As the deadline for DACA looms, rumors swirling around The Swamp indicate a détente of sorts as officials are whispering about a possible compromise on immigration with a promise to maintain current migrant entry levels—or 1.1 million–for the next 13 years. This...